I have beeen so busy with work and other things in my life I rarely had the time to blog. It's Saturday morning and I've just finished some paper work off for the week and now I am craving for some pho bo (vietnamese beef noodle soup) that I made last week.
I used this nice recipe from her site Viet World Kitchen and tweaked it a little to my taste. Since I wasn't making pho for a big group of people I used minimal ingredients which the broth turned out fine. I found that using beef neck bone made the soup broth not that clear (oh well it tasted delicious anyway) and used ox tail was a nicer but expensive choice. I simmered both of this for about 3-4 hours, scooping out the scum and then added a cheat already made muslin cloth of pho spices which I got at the local Asian grocery store for around $3.60. The ox tail meat comes out very tender!
For the bowls I used already sliced knuckle beef and beef balls and tendons - more than enough meat! Garnishes were fresh basil, green onions /shallots, bean sprouts, dipping sauce was the usual hoi sin and chilli sauce.
The broth turned out pretty good. It didn't taste anything like the restaurants cause its so msg based!
A nice video of Pho by Anthony Bourdain in Vietnam. The best dish ever!
Wow - you can still crank out the dishes with a full plate...haha! ;-)
ReplyDeletewe didn't have a chance to eat these noodle when we visit viet hihi, we miss those memory.
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nice beef noodle soup, i looks great. simply noodles is better :)
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I love Pho! It's hard to find good pho in Texas.
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Nothing beats a good bowl of Pho! I usually make a chicken broth with (Durrrr!) chicken. I base my soup from Viet World Kitchen too.
ReplyDeleteFor clear soups, don't keep the soup at a rolling boil but a gentle simmer, and skim the scum off at regular intervals (like you were doing). A chef tip is to put an egg white into the stock. The impurities stick to the egg white and when you remove the cooked egg white - your stock is supposed to be clear. Not tried it myself though...
Yummy! The beef pics make me hungry.. :(
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ReplyDeleteI've never tasted Pho Bo before. But it peeks my interest. It looks like something that I will definitely like.
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This is my favourite and I am missing it badly. Unfortunately getting beef bones are tough here. haiz... only can drool on yours.
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